The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-17
SOMERSET PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II. 1887.

everybody could see that be was head
over heels IN love with her.
Very well, answered my sister in tbs
tome of a woman convinced against hel
viii. I will leave you now, and return
IN five minutes
As Kitty shut the door behind her
felt s glow of pieasurable anticipation
come over me said to myself that sure
" the warm kiss which Lima would give
her dead lover would break this strange
thrali that held me as in 4 vice, and that
would seem to come back to the life
had never left Fancy my surprise then,
TO find that when she drew near nav bed
/ it was not 10 give me my kiss. but to gaze
calmly upon me and say, in an autiible
whisper
Free at last Now If can only get
those iiiotic letters Of mine, | can easily
convince Harold and the world that |
never. even at first, even returned any of
the Wild fancy Fred bothered me with.
I wonder if. had never seen Harold,
could have ever brought myself 10 care
two straws for Fred Nontiet.l7 But time
passes
80 saying she drew from her pocket a
little KEY, which at once recognized In
/ the earlier DAYS of NV courtship. when
/ Lima was as vet not quite won, | had had
very pscaliar locks one OF these | had
given to Lima for her b keep her treas
ures my letters, lock Of hair etc. in,
and had used the other myself for snIi-
lar purpose, as well she knew. She only
could unlock my box, for no other key
bat my own would have any effect upon
it. She quickly went to my table where
the box was placed, and opening it she
hastily snatehed from Il the thick packet
of her own letters, bow OF blue ribbon,
an old glove, and one or two pictures. and
thrust them into her pocket Then she
came to me, and taking my hand in hers
drew from il ring she had once given
me. and in it, place put the sne-like it
which had gwen her the only differ
ence in the two was in the inscriptions
within him
was 80 asfonisbe,i, - curious, that |
forgot my disappointment in regard to
the kiss, but listened with eagerness 10
what she would say now that kittyeame
blck 10 the room.
. suppose YOU have wondered, Mrs.
Kramer. 70 see me 80 calm about your
brothers death, bat the truth * that We
came 10 the conclusion, only this very
morning, that We were unsuited 10 one
another-you knew that he was coming
away from my house when he was ran
over did you not , Yes. | thought so.-
Wen, be had just returned my letters to
me, and in his presence | had burned his
70 me. He had been pleased for some
time 70 be Jealous of the attention Mr..
Carter paid me, and had at last owned
that if I were free / should accept Mr.
Carter of course, under these circum-
stances you cannot expect me 10 bewail
Fred's death, nor wear mourning for him.
Indeed. don't see why I need 90 To his
funeral | believe I'll 20 and visit my
cousins in Albany until its all over.
speak thus plainly TO youbeeause know
there has never been any love lost be-
tween Us two"
Now, there WAS not one word of truth
in what Lima had said And you may
imagine how her story surprised me
What with being considere dead when
was keeniy alive TO all that was going
on around me, and with hearing such
remarkable tale. had no chance 70 be
broken-hearted over the detection Of my
lady-love
So had been run over. Well, it was
something 10 have learned that much. I
had a faint memory of starting to cross Il
street, and then shout. a rush, blow
and then nothing until heard my broth
er-in-law utter the words already quoted.
But my surprises were not At an end.
The statement thus calmly given by Lima
was scarcely out of her mouth when my
door was again opened and Theresa Aims
leigh entered Nv sister welcomed her
cordially she and Kitty were very init
mate, and she was a. much AT home in
our house a. any one Of us were. The
greetings exchanged between her and
Lima were, however, of an icy character
While Kitty and Lima were saving few
parting nothings. Theresa drew near mv
bed, and | saw, 10 my surprise, that her
ewes were fIll Of tears, which would not
be stayed but swelled up until they drop
ped upon my unresponsive hand yet /
Lima had not showed trace Of feeling I
| had a queer sensation, as if | were as /
sisting at some spectacle, and we're an in /
visible auditor at that.
sthe door closed behind Lima, There /
sa threw herself on her knees and sobbeI |
aloud
Oh. Fred, why were you taken2 Ny I
darling. my dariing7
Here was a revelation Theresa loved 1
me 20 it was for my sake she had refus-
ed more than one capital offer, and bad
simply set her down AZ cold and old
maidish She was dear little thing, anv-
way.
Kitty has since said that she, too. WIS
20 astonishe1i, she did not know what to
10 first suddenly she remembered that
perhaps could hear all that was going
Dn, and if 80, maybe | would at last ap-
preciate Theresa as she deserved. 50 she
'sould not, just now, undeceive her
Theresa confirmed Kitty in this inten-
-ion By rising and pressing long, warm
kiss on my stone lips, and haste ming
from the room.
In th, intervals ofconsciousness which
anne 10 me | had leisure to mediate
lpon the two girls blamed myself for
being hard-hearted because | could not
ieeI sorrow al Lina's los which seemed
% me that | ought to experience /: and
rheresa's bright eyes and sweet mouth
would rise before my mental vision in
most unaeeustomed way | really felt
quite grateful TO Kity for what wss sure
Was little aurifice on her part 10 con-
vince me how little Lima had actually
,ared for me, although her scheme had
succeeded bevond her widest hopes.